Event aims to continue prayers following March for Life
Whether you're participating in a local, regional or national March for Life this month, there a "digital pilgrimage for life, of prayer and action, focusing on cherishing the gift of human life," that the faithful can take too or instead.
Steve and Linda Voita: Evangelizing through art
Linda Voita remembers the day a couple walked into the Voita Gallery in Scottsdale and admired a $5,000 painting her husband created depicting the Pittsburgh Steelers.
St. Sharbel relics return to Maronite church
The saint is known worldwide as a miracle saint for his spiritual and physical healings, including restoration of a Phoenix woman's vision restored after touching the relics in 2016.
Couple celebrates new home, mourns pilot lost in crash that took old home
MARIETTA, Ga. (CNS) — In March 2017, Dcn. Norm Keller and his wife, Barbara, lost their home in Marietta after a private plane crashed into their front yard and exploded.
Catholic groups decry end of immigration protection for Salvadorans
WASHINGTON (CNS) — As the Catholic Church in the U.S. began observing National Migration Week, a time to reflect on the circumstances confronting migrants, immigrants, refugees and human trafficking victims, the administration of President Donald Trump announced that it would end an immigration program for thousands of Salvadorans, one of the largest groups of modern-day immigrants in the country and one that includes many Catholics.
Indiana ‘Dreamer’ faces family breakup if DACA is allowed to expire
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) — Brenda Martinez’s first dream was to become an astrophysicist. As she finished seventh grade in Indianapolis, her heart was set on attending Purdue University with the help of a state scholarship program.
Basketball helps priests teach New Jersey students about vocations
HOLMDEL, N.J. (CNS) — Students at St. John Vianney High School expected their recent pep rally to be fun, colorful and filled with good-natured competition.
Churches no longer excluded from FEMA disaster aid
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is revising its policies to no longer exclude houses of worship from applying for federal aid to recover from damages caused by natural disasters.
Pope to diplomats: World peace depends on right to life, disarmament
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Because everyone has a right to life, liberty and personal security, nations must find nonviolent solutions to conflict and difficulties, Pope Francis said.
From the archives: Trappist monk left letter anticipating violent death
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Trappist Father Christian-Marie de Cherge, one of seven monks slain by Islamic terrorists in Algeria in 1996, left a letter that anticipated he would be assassinated.











